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policy. ,t has been tremendous success because mexico is a much better country in every single sense that it was 20 years ago. policy that came out of more sophisticated trade agreements is a good idea to have. >> in the front row. >> thank you. after the cooperation on border , do you think it is appropriate to have $3 billion [indiscernible]and seder security -- in borfeder curity? >> it does depend very much on what that is supposed to be for. if a great deal of that is directed towards ports of entry, makinginfrastructure, it possible to have a modern border that really brings the elements of trade and travel on par with what has been done in the investments with border patrol, those would be worthwhile investments. that is not a modern border. there's not enough room to use the technology. .e will have to see you could invest very effectively substantial amounts of money in improving the border. the question is what they are asking for. i will reserve judgment until we actually see that.
policy. ,t has been tremendous success because mexico is a much better country in every single sense that it was 20 years ago. policy that came out of more sophisticated trade agreements is a good idea to have. >> in the front row. >> thank you. after the cooperation on border , do you think it is appropriate to have $3 billion [indiscernible]and seder security -- in borfeder curity? >> it does depend very much on what that is supposed to be for. if a great deal of that is...
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foreign policy as anyone. i don't support interventionism but you don't want to go so far in the other direction that you start, you know, cozying up to tin pot african dictators like qaddafi, assad, and the one in belarus who is still running the kgb and backing up the chinese in their clamp-down in tibet. in many ways i think... >> charlie: ahmadinejad. ahmadinejad who is anti-semetic amongst other issues which the left does not want to talk about because of the taboos. i understand the impulse. you want to counteract the u.s. chavez was under pressure from the bush administration. i understand that. you don't want to go so far in the other direction that you sort of drag the left through the mud. i think that maduro was very uncreative an ideological foreign minister. at a certain point i wondered why not craft a certain kind of foreign policy that is a lot more ininnovative. climate change, for example. it rails against the global north for consuming oil. it's hypocritical because venezuela has exported bi
foreign policy as anyone. i don't support interventionism but you don't want to go so far in the other direction that you start, you know, cozying up to tin pot african dictators like qaddafi, assad, and the one in belarus who is still running the kgb and backing up the chinese in their clamp-down in tibet. in many ways i think... >> charlie: ahmadinejad. ahmadinejad who is anti-semetic amongst other issues which the left does not want to talk about because of the taboos. i understand the...
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foreign office to rethink the policy and campaigns gaining momentum over sixty thousand people have signed an online petition urging the british foreign secretary to offer a bulk resettlement program while the politicians think it over and here the men that risked their lives to help british forces say that the waiting game is getting deadlier by the day we were. helping the people but all they see is that reward with the aggression forces in afghanistan which are so-called the no two forces or eyes of forces but to every other. national. aggression forces and once they leave the people who be in danger and will pay. for the some wrongdoings of the americans who we did have going to interpret it and their families. azzi london. north korea responds to you as design them and demands by asking the wall to officially recognize it as the latest member of the global nuclear armed club stay with us from old after the break. thanks. to. the group of international landlords in the very heart of moscow. see life from moscow welcome bach. far from abandoning its atomic program north korea is now rep
foreign office to rethink the policy and campaigns gaining momentum over sixty thousand people have signed an online petition urging the british foreign secretary to offer a bulk resettlement program while the politicians think it over and here the men that risked their lives to help british forces say that the waiting game is getting deadlier by the day we were. helping the people but all they see is that reward with the aggression forces in afghanistan which are so-called the no two forces or...
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foreign office to rethink the policy and the campaigns gaining momentum over sixty thousand people have signed an online petition urging the british foreign secretary to offer a bulk resettlement program while the politicians think it over and here the men that risked their lives to help british forces say that the waiting game is getting deadlier by the day we will be helping the people but all they see is that real war with the aggression forces in africa. which are so called the no two...
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foreign policy u.s. aggression in the middle east in a rock and a and it's there in pakistan and yemen the israel palestine conflict and on and on and on. but you know. we also should probably take this with a little bit of a grain of salt i mean what's also been generally accepted at least thus far it is preliminary but thus far there doesn't seem to be any signs of foreign terrorist organizations so despite the fact that they're close aiming they had really the just and foreign policy motivations. you know they didn't have ties to foreign terrorist organizations they seem self radicalize is ok well john let me just ask here. you know is it ironic in a sense i mean the u.s. went to iraq and afghanistan to fight terrorism and our what we're seeing now sort of a backfire and what's happening the attacks on the u.s. soil this sort of a boomerang i mean it's backfires on u.s. policies abroad don't you think. well yes i mean it was in two thousand and six that the cia released a report. confirming precisely
foreign policy u.s. aggression in the middle east in a rock and a and it's there in pakistan and yemen the israel palestine conflict and on and on and on. but you know. we also should probably take this with a little bit of a grain of salt i mean what's also been generally accepted at least thus far it is preliminary but thus far there doesn't seem to be any signs of foreign terrorist organizations so despite the fact that they're close aiming they had really the just and foreign policy...
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counterpart, special representative for north korea policy glen davies. the spokesperson said their discussions will focus on maintaining peace and stability on the korean peninsula and keeping it free of nuclear weapons. chinese diplomatic sources say wu is expected to stay in washington from sunday through wednesday. >>> so what do members of the obama administration hope the chinese will do? we asked the director of the brookings institution center for northeast asian policy studies, richard bush. >> china is sometimes able to use its influence to get north korea to the negotiating table. it is less able to use influence to shape north korea's negotiating position, and that's the problem. north korea's goals here and its negotiating stance are dimetrically opposed to those of the united states, japan, and south korea. so the question that ambassador davies will probably be asking ambassador wu is, what evidence is there that north korea is interested in negotiating in a manner that's consistent with the six-party talks? what evidence is there that if i
counterpart, special representative for north korea policy glen davies. the spokesperson said their discussions will focus on maintaining peace and stability on the korean peninsula and keeping it free of nuclear weapons. chinese diplomatic sources say wu is expected to stay in washington from sunday through wednesday. >>> so what do members of the obama administration hope the chinese will do? we asked the director of the brookings institution center for northeast asian policy...
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status in the world and i think there's a bit of panic going on here in the united states foreign policy establishment because if they cannot break china up then the united states is destined if china is to become a moderately prosperous country and bring wellbeing to its citizens then the united states will be set in place just for a few of the different population i think so i think this is a bit of good or bad just it won't go ahead ok fine. well i mean i think there's a lot more to the pivot to asia than simply containment of china i think that that's a very simplistic rendering of the idea and i wouldn't be i also wouldn't be overly sanguine about the ceiling issue fact that there is never been a threat to the sea lanes doesn't mean that there never could be a threat and i think the united states has a legitimate interest in protecting the sea lanes in global commerce and it isn't just washington's interest you also have to consider several of the other countries in the region that have very very advanced trade relations with the u.s. japan and south korea the philippines those coun
status in the world and i think there's a bit of panic going on here in the united states foreign policy establishment because if they cannot break china up then the united states is destined if china is to become a moderately prosperous country and bring wellbeing to its citizens then the united states will be set in place just for a few of the different population i think so i think this is a bit of good or bad just it won't go ahead ok fine. well i mean i think there's a lot more to the...
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status in the world and i think there's a bit of panic going on here in the united states foreign policy establishment because if they cannot break china up then the united states is destined if china is to become a moderately prosperous country and bring wellbeing to its citizens then the united states will be set in place just for a few of the different population i think so i think this is a bit of good or bad i first it won't go ahead on. well i mean i think there's a lot more to the pivot to asia than simply containment of china i think that that's a very simplistic rendering of the idea and i wouldn't be i also wouldn't be overly sanguine about the ceiling issue fact that there is never been a threat to the sea lanes doesn't mean that there never could be a threat and i think the united states has a legitimate interest in protecting the sea lanes in global commerce and it isn't just washington's interest you also have to consider several of the other countries in the region that have very very advanced trade relations with the u.s. japan and south korea the philippines those countr
status in the world and i think there's a bit of panic going on here in the united states foreign policy establishment because if they cannot break china up then the united states is destined if china is to become a moderately prosperous country and bring wellbeing to its citizens then the united states will be set in place just for a few of the different population i think so i think this is a bit of good or bad i first it won't go ahead on. well i mean i think there's a lot more to the pivot...
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policy sir al qaeda or the middle east and a reality on the ground that shows what the general is saying very clearly with the al qaeda of presents whether syria, yemen, north africa, it is growing and strengthening. how do we resolve policy and reality? >> first of all, the first lessons of solving the problem is recognized the we refuse to use the term radical islam they use violent extremist. but added the congressional hearing or any report issued this during government. lou: i have to interrupt we have just learned watertown police law enforcement are now sending of bomb disposal robot into the location of dzhokar tsarnaev who remains immobilized in the boat of the backyard and franklin street. they're sending in the bomb disposal robot and we will keep you apprised but that is the situation. >> and with the remote to robot it would seem they don't fear his condition is in such good condition to interfere with the robot? it seems to me that they think he may be really down but going back to the other issue they said there is no policy we don't even recognize the policy not even to f
policy sir al qaeda or the middle east and a reality on the ground that shows what the general is saying very clearly with the al qaeda of presents whether syria, yemen, north africa, it is growing and strengthening. how do we resolve policy and reality? >> first of all, the first lessons of solving the problem is recognized the we refuse to use the term radical islam they use violent extremist. but added the congressional hearing or any report issued this during government. lou: i have...
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in terms of our foreign policy. if we need to keep doing that and we have to keep doing it. we have to tell the american people how bloody and how long this war is going to be. this has nothing to do with gender equalit or elections. it has to do with waging war against peopl bieve to be interfering with their land and their faith. lou: thank you both for being with us. >> thank you, sir. lou: up next, the markets recover after yesterday's massive sell-off. we will show you why here next. ♪ @ ♪ lou:tocks recovered from the biggest 1-dayay sell-off of this year on encouraging news on housing. joining us now, a senior u.s. economist for deutsche bank securities. this is a pretty impressive performance today. is it convincing enough hat we are going to see more strength on the days ahead? >> it certainly has been impressive as a performance. i think a lot of the movement we saw today was just to recover from the massive sell-off yesterday when the news of the tragedy in boston struck. stocks went into a sharp nosedive. the news that it was relatively limited event and
in terms of our foreign policy. if we need to keep doing that and we have to keep doing it. we have to tell the american people how bloody and how long this war is going to be. this has nothing to do with gender equalit or elections. it has to do with waging war against peopl bieve to be interfering with their land and their faith. lou: thank you both for being with us. >> thank you, sir. lou: up next, the markets recover after yesterday's massive sell-off. we will show you why here next....
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time will tell which foreign policy position will define the obama years. joining us to discuss from washington is former assistant secretary of state and professor at george washington university, professor pj crowley. professor, thank you for joining us. >> hello. >> pj as we talk about the legacy of the obama doctrine, vis-a-vis our war on terrorists drones. the attacks were motivated to do what they did by the wars in iraq and afghanistan. i'll quote a little bit from that story. the 19-year-old suspect in the boston marathon bombings has told interrogators that the american wars in iraq and afghanistan, motivated he and his brother to carry out the attack. what do you make of that, pj? >> i'm not surprised at all that has been a motivator for jihadists around the world, particularly the u.s. invasion of iraq in 2003. so this just continues a theme, and it's not even unique to the united states. faisal shazad, the times square bomber, said he was motivated by the ongoing drone campaign in pakistan. >> wes, as someone who has seen combat, we're having ou
time will tell which foreign policy position will define the obama years. joining us to discuss from washington is former assistant secretary of state and professor at george washington university, professor pj crowley. professor, thank you for joining us. >> hello. >> pj as we talk about the legacy of the obama doctrine, vis-a-vis our war on terrorists drones. the attacks were motivated to do what they did by the wars in iraq and afghanistan. i'll quote a little bit from that...
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toward national security and foreign policy which is to say to lighten the american footprint in the reasoning, but to deal with these threats of so that's one point. the other thing is, i don't think that barack obama considers the drones a panacea in the war on terror. and one of his top national security advisers said to me, he sees it as an important tactical weapon that has strategic implications. but mostly, he sees it as an opportunity to try to prevent the next attack in the united states. so he was pretty hard nosed about that. so that's where he is. >> richard, you know, i can make moral and legal arguments for codifying our drone program. the rules of engagement and i have in the past. there is also a very practical argument for getting this down on paper. and increasing the transparency on it. when, not if, when bad actors get their hands on the same technology that we have, and use it in terrible ways, we really lose our ability to lean on our allies and world bodies and ask them to sanction or punish these bad actors for an unaccountable drone program when the mantra of
toward national security and foreign policy which is to say to lighten the american footprint in the reasoning, but to deal with these threats of so that's one point. the other thing is, i don't think that barack obama considers the drones a panacea in the war on terror. and one of his top national security advisers said to me, he sees it as an important tactical weapon that has strategic implications. but mostly, he sees it as an opportunity to try to prevent the next attack in the united...
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policies but these are all things we can address that can be easily and rationally addressed the idea that we're going to continue on the course we're on in these terms and then save ourselves through technology is an incredibly misguided delusion it's just not going to happen but perhaps so but perhaps with this double bombing in the boston marathon and with america's continued war on terror around the world perhaps though the global war on terror is justified when you when you see an attack like this in boston. well war is never justified and we have seen a predictable and predicted increase in terrorism throughout the course of the global war on the globe or the global war on terror as they call it you cannot fight a war against a tactic you can not kill people. and eliminate. violence by other people in fact you have just the opposite effect as top u.s. military commanders have confessed you are creating more enemies then you remove when you blow up people's houses with drones you know the drone warfare and missile strikes have become the new abouta grade torture scandal the great
policies but these are all things we can address that can be easily and rationally addressed the idea that we're going to continue on the course we're on in these terms and then save ourselves through technology is an incredibly misguided delusion it's just not going to happen but perhaps so but perhaps with this double bombing in the boston marathon and with america's continued war on terror around the world perhaps though the global war on terror is justified when you when you see an attack...
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status in the world and i think there's a bit of panic going on here in the united states foreign policy establishment because if they cannot break china up then the united states is destined if china is to become a moderately prosperous country and bring wellbeing to its citizens then the united states will be set in place just for a few of the different population i think so i think this is a bit of good or bad first it won't go ahead ok fine. well i mean i think there's a lot more to the pivot to asia than simply containment of china i think that that's a very simplistic rendering of the idea and i wouldn't be oh i also wouldn't be overly sanguine about the ceiling issue the fact that there is never been a threat to the ceilings doesn't mean that there never could be a threat and i think you know the united states has a legitimate interest in protecting the sea lanes in global commerce and it isn't just washington's interest you also have to consider several of the other countries in the region that have very very advanced trade relations with the u.s. japan and south korea the philip
status in the world and i think there's a bit of panic going on here in the united states foreign policy establishment because if they cannot break china up then the united states is destined if china is to become a moderately prosperous country and bring wellbeing to its citizens then the united states will be set in place just for a few of the different population i think so i think this is a bit of good or bad first it won't go ahead ok fine. well i mean i think there's a lot more to the...
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foreign policy we create. as he american terrorists every day of the week and as long as we can we can recreate them we're going to we're going to have to suffer the way we do we we must stop invading and bombing and overthrowing governments and torturing people and stopped eating and him american terrorists i say antiemetic terrorist because we can prevent the creation of all terrorists but we can at least stop those who are motivated by anti american feelings against us foreign policy that is the main task at hand for american citizens max just to reply that i really don't think that there are going to be any fundamental changes in u.s. foreign policy should it change should it change no no i don't believe that it that it should change i mean the obama administration when you add it on secretary kerry and secretary hagel these are people who are very reluctant to deploy u.s. forces abroad i don't think that they're going to start any more conflicts or increase me in power i do think that the drone campaign w
foreign policy we create. as he american terrorists every day of the week and as long as we can we can recreate them we're going to we're going to have to suffer the way we do we we must stop invading and bombing and overthrowing governments and torturing people and stopped eating and him american terrorists i say antiemetic terrorist because we can prevent the creation of all terrorists but we can at least stop those who are motivated by anti american feelings against us foreign policy that is...
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issues not only of constitutional law but also of conscience and conviction and to mention the profound foreign-policy implications that may be involved. the witness for giving us insight into the chilling unintended consequences of possible mistakes in this area. i have to assume they were unintended consequences because simply we have that faith in the good intentions of our military and of the decision-makers who are guiding this process. ,ut stepping back for a moment one question on my mind is whether it is the rules act the ,oal -- applicable to drones and they are in the title of this hearing, call them unmanned aerial vehicles or remotely piloted aircraft, whatever they are called, whether those rules really should be fundamentally different than they are for any targeted strike. because, colonel, you pointed the decision is made to do a targeted strike, assuming that the decision is justified by imminent threat or other criteria, then we have a set of tactical weaponry at our disposal. maybe boots on the ground, fighter aircraft, cruise missiles, or artillery. remotely piloted aircraft are mo
issues not only of constitutional law but also of conscience and conviction and to mention the profound foreign-policy implications that may be involved. the witness for giving us insight into the chilling unintended consequences of possible mistakes in this area. i have to assume they were unintended consequences because simply we have that faith in the good intentions of our military and of the decision-makers who are guiding this process. ,ut stepping back for a moment one question on my...
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policy in our countries, which a lot of americans are very ignorant about. cenk: i saw a tweet before i came on the air of someone saying the iraqis have been living with these kind of i.e.d.'s for 10 years because of the war we started when they didn't attack us on 9/11 at all. it happens here once, we all totally justifiably freak out it could have been us, could have been our kids, only it was the iraqis, it was their kids based on a war we started and never be should have. cenk: security, and how do you protect against these threats think of iraqar kabul any city with a high level of violence, you have the entire government set up to prevent bombs from getting through and they still can't do it. you have 100,000 iraqis and americans searching every car and they still get through. there is no way to protect against this stuff on a 100% basis. the fact that this happens with irregularity with other things blowing up around the world, we should be thankful for it. one in 20 million is not bad. cenk: on a relative scale. there is one mythical thing that if i
policy in our countries, which a lot of americans are very ignorant about. cenk: i saw a tweet before i came on the air of someone saying the iraqis have been living with these kind of i.e.d.'s for 10 years because of the war we started when they didn't attack us on 9/11 at all. it happens here once, we all totally justifiably freak out it could have been us, could have been our kids, only it was the iraqis, it was their kids based on a war we started and never be should have. cenk: security,...
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foreign policy and an internet newsletter called anti empire report we also have max abrams he is a terrorist expert and a fellow johns hopkins university and finally we cross the eunice he is a clinical associate professor at the university of maryland and founder of american dot com cross talk rose in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want for what is let's go to you first why is boston called terrorism but aurora sandy hook tucson and columbine not. that's a great question peter and let me start by saying that as a member of the a muslim community muslims who believe in the messiah mizzle are members we were the first muslim american organization to make it very clear that there is no concept of holy war in islam that there is no such thing as jihad against the infidel where you take a sword and try to convert the word now why is that important because the word islamic terrorism to me is an oxymoron i'm coming to exactly what you're asking me but the point is these differences will already exist there always will exist in the muslim community in america today in fact is asking th
foreign policy and an internet newsletter called anti empire report we also have max abrams he is a terrorist expert and a fellow johns hopkins university and finally we cross the eunice he is a clinical associate professor at the university of maryland and founder of american dot com cross talk rose in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want for what is let's go to you first why is boston called terrorism but aurora sandy hook tucson and columbine not. that's a great question peter...
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there is nothing foreign about foreign policy anymore. smartcan make the small,. w vestments upfront and avoid more costly conflicts and greater burdens down the road. , we'vepast few months seen developments underscore the state -- stakes for having a strong and -- strong american presence in the world. that was a positive step toward stability in the volatile region of the world where we need partnerships. the committee is more than immersed in suyyruiaia. we have treated millions to humanitarian relief -- we have provided millions to humanitarian relief. i expect we will talk about syria somewhat today. having returned from beijing and north koreathe issue took center stage, we are reminded once again that america is the guardian of global security. we should be proud of that. one not turn our back on keys nor will we hesitate what we need to do to defend our allies. if budget is an analyst patient of our values and priorities -- this budget is an illustration of our values and priorities. i have a record of wanting to do deficit reduction. we are grappling wit
there is nothing foreign about foreign policy anymore. smartcan make the small,. w vestments upfront and avoid more costly conflicts and greater burdens down the road. , we'vepast few months seen developments underscore the state -- stakes for having a strong and -- strong american presence in the world. that was a positive step toward stability in the volatile region of the world where we need partnerships. the committee is more than immersed in suyyruiaia. we have treated millions to...
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foreign policy we create. as he american terrorists every day of the week and as long as we can we can recreate them we're going to we're going to have to suffer the way we do we we must stop invading and bombing and overthrowing governments and torturing people and stopped eating and him american terrorists i say and him and the terrorists because we can prevent the creation of all terrorists but we can at least. stop those who are motivated by anti-american feelings against us foreign policy that is the main task at hand for american citizens max just to reply that i really don't think that there are going to be any fundamental changes in u.s. foreign policy should it change should it change no no i don't believe that it that it should change i mean the obama administration when you add it on secretary kerry and secretary hagel these are people who are very reluctant to deploy u.s. forces abroad i don't think that they're going to start any more conflicts or increase me in power i do think that the drone cam
foreign policy we create. as he american terrorists every day of the week and as long as we can we can recreate them we're going to we're going to have to suffer the way we do we we must stop invading and bombing and overthrowing governments and torturing people and stopped eating and him american terrorists i say and him and the terrorists because we can prevent the creation of all terrorists but we can at least. stop those who are motivated by anti-american feelings against us foreign policy...
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the fact that the president obviously has a great deal of discretion when it comes to conflict and foreign-policy issues this unnecessarily restrain congress from all over sight. you can certainly design, particularly if you focus on the after the fact review rather than the advanced approval, you can certainly, with relative ease, devise a judicial process that would not pose any of those problems. i would -- the professor mentioned earlier, and that think it is instructive and worth reading for anyone who is not have the time to take a look at the israeli supreme court 2006 decision on target telling. very similar legal system in many ways, and obviously the challenges they faced domestically with regard to terrorism are far greater than those that we face. but that court resoundingly rejected the notion that these decisions were -- the question of whether a particular body of law applies in the first place to a fixed particular body of facts is precisely the kind of decision that the judiciary and only the judiciary is normally considered to be qualified to make. >> i would like to thank each
the fact that the president obviously has a great deal of discretion when it comes to conflict and foreign-policy issues this unnecessarily restrain congress from all over sight. you can certainly design, particularly if you focus on the after the fact review rather than the advanced approval, you can certainly, with relative ease, devise a judicial process that would not pose any of those problems. i would -- the professor mentioned earlier, and that think it is instructive and worth reading...
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policy is based on bluster. and so if that is your strategy, you know, maybe -- it's less important that the rockets really work, or maybe they don't work at all. that's less important than if you can make people -- and perhaps your own population -- think that they work. >> could i -- i think steve has made some very, very apt points. this is rocket science, and it's not easy. if there is any good news in this story, and i use that term advisedly, it's the fact that north korea's industrial capacities to test on a regular basis and so forth are probably very constrained. because you don't see -- i'm not trying to say it has to be totally equivalent to the kinds of program that is we ran or the russians ran, but this is not what i would regard as a true testing program, and it's just not frequent enough, it's not intense enough to quantify. that said, the challenge here is maybe less what the north koreans may believe they have. it may be more what we believe they have and how we respond accordingly. and i must
policy is based on bluster. and so if that is your strategy, you know, maybe -- it's less important that the rockets really work, or maybe they don't work at all. that's less important than if you can make people -- and perhaps your own population -- think that they work. >> could i -- i think steve has made some very, very apt points. this is rocket science, and it's not easy. if there is any good news in this story, and i use that term advisedly, it's the fact that north korea's...
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policy. and there's no disagreement about that in my country, that parliament passed last year unsl a policy, a resolution which def the icelandic objectives in the arctic. so together with the other countries, we hope to play a constructive part, and evidence of this was that a few months ago, one of our april civil servants and officials was chosen as the first director general of the secretary of the rctic council. >> the icelandic is coming out of financial turmoil. what would you consider the future of the krona, and are you at all considering any alternative currency for iceland? >> i think it's a positive indication of how we have moved out of the financial crisis, but i can come here to the national press club, and only when six minutes are left, i get that question orkt financial issue. nobody would have believed that four or five years ago. but that is the state of co together again and talk about how we recovered from the financial crisis and how we dealt with the crisis in a diffe
policy. and there's no disagreement about that in my country, that parliament passed last year unsl a policy, a resolution which def the icelandic objectives in the arctic. so together with the other countries, we hope to play a constructive part, and evidence of this was that a few months ago, one of our april civil servants and officials was chosen as the first director general of the secretary of the rctic council. >> the icelandic is coming out of financial turmoil. what would you...
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foreign policy moving forward. i don't think this will have any particular impact at all on u.s. foreign policy i think that it will continue to highlight to american officials this important to have strong connections with counterterrorism officials in other countries for example here russia a relationship that traditionally people look at the u.s. russia relationship is a troubled one clearly they still have quite strong and effective counterterrorism cooperation their agencies were talking to each other a couple years ago when mosco flagged concerns about the older of these two brothers so i think that you know the lesson they will draw from this is that these connections are important but i do think we're going to see some grander shift in u.s. foreign policy as a result of this accident and finally briefly if possible no worries briefly if possible the united states or do you think that this will bring the focus on the war on terror back to mess stickley from the foreign perspective that it's having since well i think that frankly we've seen increased focus on domestic count
foreign policy moving forward. i don't think this will have any particular impact at all on u.s. foreign policy i think that it will continue to highlight to american officials this important to have strong connections with counterterrorism officials in other countries for example here russia a relationship that traditionally people look at the u.s. russia relationship is a troubled one clearly they still have quite strong and effective counterterrorism cooperation their agencies were talking...
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foreign policy because mexico just had elections in which there was massive for all because mexico is a close ally of the united states is the u.s. immediately look recognizes the results in the group of georgia's proposition that therefore the result is no moral authority whatsoever to talk about the going to sort of them elections. the u.s. house of representatives has passed the controversial cyber information sharing and protection act designed to find terrorism in the digital world the legislation also a massive cry that it's a very jeopardizes people's privacy and blake explained. aides for the white house actually said that we will recommend the president veto this legislation for sharing and protection act it has come under a lot of criticism by its opponents because they say that it does more than what the authors say it does now the authors of cispa they say that this bill will let businesses private companies google facebook and any internet provider these companies will be encouraged to share information with the federal government that will be used to track down and monit
foreign policy because mexico just had elections in which there was massive for all because mexico is a close ally of the united states is the u.s. immediately look recognizes the results in the group of georgia's proposition that therefore the result is no moral authority whatsoever to talk about the going to sort of them elections. the u.s. house of representatives has passed the controversial cyber information sharing and protection act designed to find terrorism in the digital world the...
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he said something good about foreign policy. he wanted to see more humility. you know, know your limits, don't let people push you around. and then there was dick cheney. cheney saw himself he got himself picked. didn't push see this happening or, better yet, how many times must he have looked backwards over these 12 years and said, how did i let him get that one over on me? this was his father's p predicament after he picked dan quayle. is this a problem specific to the bush family? some american version of divine right and the gimmick is to really believe in it and then dammit, you really do believe it and then you can't admit you are wrong, the whole notion that you were born in the ruling class in the first place. it's the best i could come up with. why on earth, using commonsense, has george w. bush not come to the recognition that dick cheney pulled the wool over him, moving him to do whatever cheney would have done were he formally in charge. i have a suspicion that the president knows exactly what i am talking about now and yes, dick cheney was the jok
he said something good about foreign policy. he wanted to see more humility. you know, know your limits, don't let people push you around. and then there was dick cheney. cheney saw himself he got himself picked. didn't push see this happening or, better yet, how many times must he have looked backwards over these 12 years and said, how did i let him get that one over on me? this was his father's p predicament after he picked dan quayle. is this a problem specific to the bush family? some...
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foreign policy because mexico just had elections in which there was less of a fool because mexico's a close ally of the united states is the u.s. immediately recognizes the results only lose the joy just by opposition because for the result is no moral authority whatsoever to talk about the going to sort of them elections. but despite agreeing to a partial view. the electoral commission in venezuela says the jurisdiction is irreversible the new president himself has sworn to continue the revolution begun by chavez and to address his country men's more immediate concerns latin scholar. told us about some of the challenges facing the new president. i think it tells us that there are real problems in venezuela and that model will have a very short period in which he has to begin to address these issues or will have will have a confronting a crisis within his own party and among his own supporters he has to address head on the question of prying the question of inflation the question of infrastructure eliezer real issues that affect real venezuelans and although they felt the pain for a j
foreign policy because mexico just had elections in which there was less of a fool because mexico's a close ally of the united states is the u.s. immediately recognizes the results only lose the joy just by opposition because for the result is no moral authority whatsoever to talk about the going to sort of them elections. but despite agreeing to a partial view. the electoral commission in venezuela says the jurisdiction is irreversible the new president himself has sworn to continue the...
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this administration established a nuclear ministry in line with this policy. >>> japanese diplomats have been working with their counterparts from south korea and china to deal with threats from north korea. but territorial disputes and historical issues are getting in the way. south korea's foreign minister canceled a trip to tokyo after japanese cabinet ministers visited a shrine honoring japan's war dead. he wanted to discuss the north korean issue and lay the groundwork for an annual three-country summit. but over the weekend the japanese cabinet ministers paid separate visits to the shrine for its spring festival. prime minister shinzo abe sent an offering. the shrine in tokyo honors japan's war dead including some who are convicted of war crimes. officials with the south korean foreign ministry expressed deep concern and regret in a statement. they urged the japanese government to correctly recognize history and take responsible action. japan's chief cabinet secretary yoshihide suga says the ministers visited the shrine as private citizens. >> translator: every country has a differ
this administration established a nuclear ministry in line with this policy. >>> japanese diplomats have been working with their counterparts from south korea and china to deal with threats from north korea. but territorial disputes and historical issues are getting in the way. south korea's foreign minister canceled a trip to tokyo after japanese cabinet ministers visited a shrine honoring japan's war dead. he wanted to discuss the north korean issue and lay the groundwork for an...
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policy this is what happened to the united states for this is what we're going to do for in the united way it's been interventionist have you not paid attention to anything anyone says over the last few years because i have. china china the video you sort of mentioned while overseas nowhere. seem cross-talk a bit later on the wealthy shakes and only guards are flocking to greece as it auctioned off seventy thousand prime state properties national landmarks historic palaces and even entire islands are going under the hammer at a frantic pace thins though has little to say on the matter but the fire sale demanded by the e.u. and the i.m.f. chief paymaster is a fact that for one filmmaker demonstrates demonstrates just how far greece has fallen. we have a soaring unemployment that in a few months we reach thirty percent and we have people committing suicide rates in the streets we have homeless all around campus so we're living in a humanitarian crisis that we haven't seen scenes i haven't seen a second world war they cannot make elites that actually control the greek government or they s
policy this is what happened to the united states for this is what we're going to do for in the united way it's been interventionist have you not paid attention to anything anyone says over the last few years because i have. china china the video you sort of mentioned while overseas nowhere. seem cross-talk a bit later on the wealthy shakes and only guards are flocking to greece as it auctioned off seventy thousand prime state properties national landmarks historic palaces and even entire...
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foreign policy. what do we do about that? >> yeah. okay. >> im away from my country, 65 years. i have just a little question. the first one -- >> make it one. >> i can't make it -- it's just a small one. the united states said 76 billion dollars, what's it up with? they gave them 36 billion last year. attacks our people in gaza. before president obama went to the middle east, sent the message to ben beep, ask him, tell me the dates which you are going to withdraw from the west bank, but he ignore that. when he went there, he said i want to make two states, when you and pal stippians, but he came back again -- >> do you have a question? >> yes, please. the united states, raise real to withdraw, but they ignore that also. how can we punish this state to take our things? thank you. >> uh-huh. >> third question, lady in the back. >> lady in the back, where is she? >> thank you. i'm an iranian-american journalist. >> uh-huh. >> you spoke about different players -- >> uh-huh. >> -- on this issue. what abou
foreign policy. what do we do about that? >> yeah. okay. >> im away from my country, 65 years. i have just a little question. the first one -- >> make it one. >> i can't make it -- it's just a small one. the united states said 76 billion dollars, what's it up with? they gave them 36 billion last year. attacks our people in gaza. before president obama went to the middle east, sent the message to ben beep, ask him, tell me the dates which you are going to withdraw from...
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the neocons who knew so much more about foreign policy than him but had an agenda. >> on the topic of george w. bush, the problem with that formulation is that he didn't know what he didn't know. george w. was a profoundly incurious guy. he was almost proud of his lack of curiosity. so he couldn't balance and evaluate the expertise that was thrown at him by those people that he had around him. that was the fundamental -- that was the fundamental flaw of george w. bush's presidency. i know jeb also. and i think jeb is not that kind of guy. i think jeb is much more on the -- on the muscle to use a horse racing term. >> he knows what he knows. >> he knows what he knows. >> education. >> yeah. and he is curious. and he's broad gauged. i'll tell you what, if mario -- if marco rubio does not run, jeb almost has to run. because he's the only other major figure in the party who can reach out to hispanics. >> wouldn't it be a sad thing to recycle a bush? for the republican party, the one silver lining of last year, we were told, was that they had such a deep bench. whether it was chris christi
the neocons who knew so much more about foreign policy than him but had an agenda. >> on the topic of george w. bush, the problem with that formulation is that he didn't know what he didn't know. george w. was a profoundly incurious guy. he was almost proud of his lack of curiosity. so he couldn't balance and evaluate the expertise that was thrown at him by those people that he had around him. that was the fundamental -- that was the fundamental flaw of george w. bush's presidency. i know...
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policy right now and he wasn't able to accomplish that in all of his decades on the hill the why is he trying to push this now and also how is he changing his tactics so let's take a look at what he had to say to that over. it really is this different as it may seem because when i was on the inside i was really on the outside you know i was not i was not what the leadership called a team player and i was always talking to somebody outside with the whole idea of reaching people but i thought in a way there was a little bit more political success than i ever dreamed three since the federal reserve i went to the outside when we lobbied people to lobby their congressmen and talk to them what was wrong with the fed it really came to life when we had a financial crisis so i didn't do that as an insider because i had no political clout i had nothing to offer they could trade votes and that sort of thing now congressman paul followed that by saying that to him the bigger job isn't trying to influence congress members it's trying to influence and actually start a groundswell from the outside
policy right now and he wasn't able to accomplish that in all of his decades on the hill the why is he trying to push this now and also how is he changing his tactics so let's take a look at what he had to say to that over. it really is this different as it may seem because when i was on the inside i was really on the outside you know i was not i was not what the leadership called a team player and i was always talking to somebody outside with the whole idea of reaching people but i thought in...
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foreign policy because mexico just had elections in which there was massive fool because notables it will sound like the united states if the us immediately would recognize the result only look at georgia's proposition to destroy the other centers no moral authority whatsoever to talk about the going to sort of them elections still to come here an arctic one town and i buy officials recognized more detainee's of being on hunger strike the number is up to seventy seven over the past few days still fewer than what the inmates lawyers claim the u.s. state department says it's still committed to closing the prison while the hunger strike is plight still goes on addressed. the u.s. commits to doubling its non-lethal aid to syrian rebels even even as the opposition calls for military strikes on government positions are coming up in a minute. the u.s. house of representatives has passed the controversial cyber information sharing and protection act designed to fight terrorism in the digital world the legislation also sparked a massive and cry that it's a very jeopardizes people's privacy ar
foreign policy because mexico just had elections in which there was massive fool because notables it will sound like the united states if the us immediately would recognize the result only look at georgia's proposition to destroy the other centers no moral authority whatsoever to talk about the going to sort of them elections still to come here an arctic one town and i buy officials recognized more detainee's of being on hunger strike the number is up to seventy seven over the past few days...
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have been rich themsve the diversity of their people that is shi w fight that is also part of what our foreign policy tries to change with the historic rule of law to help with the justice system to create accountability. >> that we're still spending -- sending money if they were stealing and. >> i did not make that decision and i will certainly review any program we are engaged in now and if you have information of what we do now let me know immediately but one thing. all of this that we do senator paul is 1 penny on the dollar. i go through long list of things that we invest in i will give you an example we have stopped countless plots against our country, which had the fbi not cooperated and the cia and other entities and had not worked with the justice system's and interpol and the other things we work with we never would have done it. americans would have died and blown up and but for the discovery of the christmas bomber which came through these efforts we made our country safer. i have to tell you for the penny on the dollar will still ma t men even know yes something is abused just as
have been rich themsve the diversity of their people that is shi w fight that is also part of what our foreign policy tries to change with the historic rule of law to help with the justice system to create accountability. >> that we're still spending -- sending money if they were stealing and. >> i did not make that decision and i will certainly review any program we are engaged in now and if you have information of what we do now let me know immediately but one thing. all of this...
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oh yes absolutely far from looking at what the consequences of their foreign policy on and as well as deference to the military presence in these countries they also have to look really very good into their own societies i already mentioned the us whether there was whatever one may think of us in other ways but it is this pretty violent society i mean at the same time there are congressman in this country who still want to have everyone to have a soviet weapon in their own house what kind of a message is that for young people that is that is not just not right it's a civilized country to act like this this is just a sign for him. to think that what exactly are we doing in our society when i mean our society in this case us. well and finally mr of and it's we know that president obama made repairing u.s. relations with islamic world he is one of his top foreign priorities but how is this likely to go down was the those feeling similar to the alleged boston bombers i mean is this likely to appease them. i don't i don't think so well let's look first of all let's not forget that whomever
oh yes absolutely far from looking at what the consequences of their foreign policy on and as well as deference to the military presence in these countries they also have to look really very good into their own societies i already mentioned the us whether there was whatever one may think of us in other ways but it is this pretty violent society i mean at the same time there are congressman in this country who still want to have everyone to have a soviet weapon in their own house what kind of a...